S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6477
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance
Use Disorders
AN ACT to require that the siting, construction and establishment of
methadone program facilities in cities having a population of one
million or more be dispersed in the boroughs of such cities in propor-
tion to the population of each such borough
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with-
in cities having a population of one million or more, methadone program
facilities registered with the office of addiction services and supports
pursuant to section 19.16 of the mental hygiene law within each such
city shall be sited, constructed and/or established throughout the
boroughs of such city in proportion to each borough's population to the
city's total population. Provided, however, that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to the siting, construction or establishment of
any methadone program facility for which the appropriate community board
or, if there be no community board, the appropriate neighborhood board
shall have granted an exemption from such provisions.
§ 2. Methadone program facilities sited, constructed and/or estab-
lished within cities having a population of one million or more after
the effective date of this act shall be first located in those boroughs
of the city which have the lowest concentration of such facilities in
proportion to the borough population to the city's population. Once each
borough has achieved proper proportionality pursuant to this section,
siting, construction, and/or establishment of such facilities shall
continue within a city having a population of one million or more with
such proportionality requirements in mind.
§ 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no
methadone program facility shall be sited, constructed or established
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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within a city having a population of one million or more unless the
appropriate community board, or, if there be no community board, the
appropriate neighborhood board shall have approved the siting,
construction or establishment of such facility.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.